Characters with signature design trait?

Posted 5 years, 3 months ago (Edited 5 years, 3 months ago) by Kogami

(Apologies if this thread have been created but why didn't I have ideas for threads when I still had my premium/search button lol)

So! One of my favorite part of a character design is them having a certain design trait or accessory (or just anything like hairstyle, clothing, item, etc) that are strongly associated with a character--they wear/hold them most of the time regardless of outfits, situations (or heck, you can spot it even if the character appears as a silhouette) or they absolutely have that as a part of their character and it's either rare or looks strange if they are seen without one? As one would say, well, their "signature" or "trademark" in a form of design.

Do share as many characters as you want here, I'd love to know! (Also feel free to share if the said design trait is just an extra addition to their design or have a certain story or reason to them)

Prime examples would be: Any form of hats, plushes, hair clips/necklace/bracelets, maybe the character is always seen with a ponytail? And many others

 Blade Cosori FoofyFaun

Blade's got those two, stupid strands of hair sticking off the top of his head. His super red hair in general makes him stand out, but those dorky strands are like the cherries on top. He hates them and everyone else loves them, lmao.


Also his feminine appearance, despite him being 100% cis male.

Rasmus kissu

rasmus doesn't look like himself at all without his hair curl (or as my friend calls it, antenna) on top of his head! it has gotten very important to his design for no actual reason, yet rasmus is not rasmus without it.

there is also his throat stone, an oval yellow stone on his neck he usually masks as a choker with a black ribbon. tecnically, he'd be dead without it unless he's being shown as a small child, but even i sometimes forget to draw it and then wonder why he looks wrong.. sorry rassu! lol

 Liu🏮 iouquie

Her short hair and red lanterns are her signature. She also have the distinctive red lines under her eyes that no one else among my OCs have. Though having the same clothing type as many of my OCs and having a similar personality as some others too.

 Yumi Renigee

The first things I thought of were Yumi's eyeball bows. They are the only hairties she will ever use and they really make her, her.

 Leslie🎣 iouquie

Apart from his color scheme, one of his most noticeable traits is his smile that he seems to constantly have. it's visible on almost all of the pieces I have of him.

Maho Étoile d'Avignon Rev0n

Maho jist has really long spirling drill hair (inspired by Lynn Minmay) and a pony tail. Its one reason why I dont have her drawn with her hair down too much, without the drills, she looks less unique :)

Damien Bancroft Viski

 Damien has a massive scar across his face and leading down his neck (even more prominant than whats shown in his icon). I always draw it as being a massive dominant feature, and I would feel abit weird seeing him without it as its his identifiable mark, and a big part of his history.

 He also wears a bandage on his right knee. I dont know why, I had a reason but i forgot, but I prefer it there now.

 Riku🌶️ iouquie

Her silver bangs is the most noticeable feature. The blue shirt also makes her recognizable because of the pattern. 

Aluran danlion

Okay, aside from the obvious nose thing (which doesn't really count since it's stylization and it's not actually like that), Aluran's thing is that he doesn't have eyebrows. He looks so wrong with them.

Bitchman BWusagi

The signature of this guy is his massive whabam and bombing bumper. I drew him once as a twink and he just looks like he straight up lost all of his power.

 Il'mon'el jukeboxes

I don't have a lot on this character's page so their icon will have to do.

I have a lot of examples of distinctive character traits, but let's just stick with Il'mon'el for now!

Il'mon'el has very distinctive eyes. They're glowing white circles, with eye markings underneath that are supposed to resemble rays of sunlight (this character's theme is 'sun'). They also kind of look like lil eyelashes, which I think is cute!

(Another one of my characters used to have SUPER iconic purple sideburns. I really should bring those back!)

 Beau👑 iouquie

Most likely his crown that matches his overall appearance and that dress that doesn’t seem to fit correctly but he’s also fairly recognizable by his thick and full lips that not a lot of my male characters have.